- These are Written
- Believe
- Should Not Perish
- 3:16
- Never, Never
- Life, Love, Light
- Condemned by Choice
- This and That
- Seven Expressions of Love from the Cross
- Why?
- I know, I know!
- What?
- UGH!
- Expedient
- Gain Grace?
- The Gift
- The Hands of God
- Immortality
- COME UP HERE
- Not by Works of Righteousness We have Done
- Jesus’ Perspective on His own Death
- I AM
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I want to remind us of the perspective that Jesus, our Savior, had concerning His own death. Because I think it helps us appreciate it a little bit more. His death was 1) Purposeful, 2) Voluntary, 3) Joyful, and 4) Glorious.
Well, first of all, His death was purposeful. He recognized that He was going to die. John 12:27 says, “What shall I say, Father, do not let this hour come upon me. But that is why I came.”
The purpose of his death was also voluntary. It was a voluntary or volitional outpouring of His love, and it showed full and true submission to God, the Father. Romans 5:8, “for God demonstrates his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” In the garden, Jesus said three times to the Father, “not My will, but Your will be done.” In John 10:17-18 Jesus said, “The Father loves me because I’m willing to give up My life in order that I may receive it back again. No one takes My life away from Me. I give it up of My own free will. I have the right to give it up and I have the right to take it back.This is what my father has commanded me to do.”
His death was purposeful. His death was voluntary. His death was also joyful. Hebrews 12:2 says, “Who, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and He sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus was fully aware of the pain and the suffering that He would face at the cross, but He had his eyes on the joy, and that joy was purchasing our eternal destiny.
And then finally, Jesus considered death as the path to glory. In John 12:23 He said those words, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to receive great glory.” And this is an amazing verse to me because this is shortly before the passion week. This is shortly before He would go through all of that suffering, the betrayal, the arrest, the scourging, the piercing of his hands and feet, the crown of thorns on his head, and the gathering up the sins of the world that pierced His heart. He didn’t say the time has come for the Son of Man to be tortured and tormented and suffer for the sins of the world. No, He said, “the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” He ignored the suffering and kept his eyes on the glory. And if we can grasp the truth of that verse, it would totally change our perspective of the sufferings in our life.
So this is His perspective of His own death. He was born to die.
Gene Cunningham - October 18, 2012
Hosea Session 1
Notes for this audio series can be found . Love, Grace and forgiveness can free one who is enslaved to sin (Hos 1:1-4). Hosea reveals the Love of God for Israel and Jesus Christ love for the church (Rom 8:31-39). We can learn the forgiveness available to us. God's love is greater than our sin. That the world through Him might be saved (Joh 3:16-17, Rom 5:6-10, Joh 15:13). Gomer was content with the lesser love defined by the world. Only Jesus could demonstrate the greatest love. What is called love by the world — self indulgence — destroys nations. The unconditional Love of God: 1) God's Love is conveyed through His word, and manifested Love is called Grace (Rom 10:17). Israel and the Church have become harlots. 2) God's Love is the motive behind His plan of redemption (Isa 12:3, Joh 4:11, Joh 7:37). 3) God's Love is most evident in darkest times (2Pe 1:19). 4) God's Love forces a new definition (Joh 3:17). Love means setting yourself aside (Heb 13:6-8). 5) The love of God for sinners is portrayed by Hosea's love for Gomer (Luk 19:10, Hos 9:1, Hos 9:10-11, Hosea 10:10-12). Mary illustrates a sinners response to God's love; she brought an alabaster flask to annoint Jesus (Luk 7:36-50)
Conference notes for this series can be found [HERE]
Scripture References: Hosea 9:10-11, Hosea 1:1-4, Isaiah 12:3, Hosea 9:1, Romans 10:17, Luke 19:10, John 15:13, Hebrews 13:6-8, Romans 5:6-10, John 3:17, Luke 7:36-50, John 3:16-17, John 7:37, Hosea 10:10-12, Romans 8:31-39, John 4:11
